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PROVISION SAFE.

No. 258,327. A? Patent ed May gs, 1882.

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R. R! SYKES.

PROVISION SAFE. No. 258,327. Patented May 23, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. SYKES, OF OALLISBURG, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, OF SAME PLACE.

PROVISION-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,327, dated May 23, 1882.

Application filed April 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT It. SYKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Callisburg, in the county of Cooke and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Provision-Safes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to provision safes and the like; and the object of the invention is to provide a household safe'that will prevent rats and mice from gaining access thereto, and at the same time allow a ready handling of the articles contained in it; and the novelty consists in the construction of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my safe opened for use. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the closed safe. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of one of the folding legs, and Fig. 4 is a link for connecting the tops of two safes together when set up in the middle of a room.

A and B are twin folding sections, hinged together at ca, so as to close together, as

shown in Fig. 2. These sections are counter parts of each other, and are mounted on caster-rollers O placed near the back of each section, so that when the safe is closed there will be a roller under each corner.

D, so arranged as to support the front of the section when open and admit of being folded up out of the way when the safe is closed. This leg consists of a plate, E, secured to the frame, and having a hinged lower portion, F. A sliding clasp, G, has a vertical motion on the plate E, and is secured thereto by a rivet, e, in the slot 6. When the clasp G is pushed up the lower portion, F, may be folded up out of the way. When it is turned down, so that its end will rest on the floor, the clasp G drops down and holds the lower part, F, rigid. The tops of the sections A B are covered with sheet metal 11 I, one portion passing under other, so as to form a water-tight joint, and the portion I is provided with a corrugation or gutter, t, so as to carry off any water and prevent its access to the joint. The tops of the sections are provided with studs it, placed near the back, so that, if necessary, w hen open On the open. front of each section is secured a folding leg,

crawl up the legs, they can get no farther, as

the smooth surface of the metal furnishes no support for them, and, in the case of rodents, prevents them gnawinginto the bodyofthesafe.

The interior of the safe is divided into suitable compartmcnts, consisting of shelves and drawers, to suit the peculiar use to which it is to be applied, and the outside is provided with handles m and guy-ropes n to facilitate its handling.

The sections A B are provided with spring locks c c, of ordinary construction, so arranged that by simply closing the sections together they are securely locked, and may be opened again only bythcpersonholdingthekey.

In case ofa fire in the house the sections are closed, thus locking them, and the safe and its contents can be rapidly drawn into the street. In the event of rain the gutter i and joint in the top prevent thcinterior of the same from getting wet.

In ordinary use at night the safe may be simply closed, and its contents are secure from depredation until opened in the morning.

The uses to which my invention can be applied are numerous, and will readily suggest themselves to those interested.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. I11 a provision-safe, the sections A B, provided with the spring-lock c c and jointed cover H I, substantially as set forth.

2. In a provision-safe, the sections A B,

havingjointed cover H I and metallic bottom L, the whole being mounted on the caster-rollers G G, as and for the purpose set forth.

3.- The sections A B, having jointed cover H I, metallic bottom L, and caster-rollers O O, in combination with the folding leg E F, having clasp Gr, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: ROBERT R. SYKES.

E. H. BRADFORD, H. J. ENNIS. 

